diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ its token expires, but a reconnect needs a fresh one.
 
 Browser streaming without OBS: the live portal's **Go Live** (Windows Chrome 141+ for window audio + GPU encode).
 
+## 5a. Onboarding a gamer's clips (Syncthing)
+
+Server side (once per person; name = their Authentik/Discord username, lowercase):
+
+    ./addClipUser.sh <username>        # creates /srv/media/clips/<username> with the video-only .stignore
+
+Their side (Windows: Syncthing installer or SyncTrayzor; Mac/Linux: Syncthing): open the UI, **Actions → Show ID**,
+send you the Device ID. In their UI: **Add Remote Device** with the server's ID (ours: `/sync/` → Actions → Show ID),
+then **Add Folder** on their clip directory (ShadowPlay/Medal/Steam saves), Sharing tab → tick the server,
+Folder Type **Send Only**, Save.
+
+Our side at https://HOST/sync/: **Add Remote Device** → paste their ID, name it after them, Save. When their folder
+offer pops up: **Add** → Folder Path `/var/syncthing/clips/<username>`, Folder Type **Receive Only**, Advanced →
+Minimum Free Disk Space **300 GB**, Save. Clips start arriving; the sweep normalizes them; Jellyfin shows the
+folder as that person's show. Their own folder structure is mirrored; only video files are pulled.
+
 ## 5b. Syncthing hardening (do once, in the server's Syncthing UI)
 
 Syncthing receives straight into `clips/<user>` (Syncthing UI path `/var/syncthing/clips/<user>`),
diff --git a/addClipUser.sh b/addClipUser.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b7aa2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addClipUser.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Create the server-side clips folder for a Syncthing gamer. Name = their Authentik/Discord username (lowercase),
+# because the Jellyfin plugin treats the folder as the show and looks the person up by that name.
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+u="${1:-}"; [[ $u =~ ^[a-z0-9_.-]{2,32}$ ]] || { echo "usage: $0 <username>  (lowercase letters, digits, _ . -)"; exit 1; }
+sudo install -d -o 1000 -g 1000 "/srv/media/clips/$u"
+sudo install -m 0644 -o 1000 -g 1000 syncthing/stignore "/srv/media/clips/$u/.stignore"
+echo "ready: /srv/media/clips/$u  (Syncthing path: /var/syncthing/clips/$u)"
+echo "next: pair their device in https://$(grep -E '^# vanguard:main' -A1 Caddyfile 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')/sync/ and accept their folder at that path, Receive Only, min free 300 GB"
diff --git a/check.sh b/check.sh
index 351561b..077ad53 100755
--- a/check.sh
+++ b/check.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 fail=0
 say() { printf '%-28s %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
 
-for f in install.sh addCommunityMediaServer.sh installJellyfinPlugin.sh registerGiteaRunner.sh createGiteaDb.sh deployLive.sh firewall/firewall.sh bin/*.sh home/*.sh bot/entrypoint.sh mariadb/init/*.sh; do
+for f in install.sh addCommunityMediaServer.sh installJellyfinPlugin.sh registerGiteaRunner.sh createGiteaDb.sh deployLive.sh addClipUser.sh firewall/firewall.sh bin/*.sh home/*.sh bot/entrypoint.sh mariadb/init/*.sh; do
   [[ -f $f ]] || continue
   bash -n "$f" && say "$f" ok || { say "$f" "BASH SYNTAX"; fail=1; }
 done